Took a drive through the Elma/Brady Loop area this morning. The weather was miserable with heavy rain showers and high winds until noon when the clouds parted and sunny skies appeared for a short time. I found a dead immature bald eagle in the Brady Loop road about one quarter mile south of the Willis Rd junction. I had just passed the same spot about twenty minutes earlier so the incident happened about 11:30am. There were about 40 Canada geese and an assortment of mallards and pintails on the east side of Brady Loop just south of Willis on my first pass. On my return to that area about 20 minutes later I noticed these birds on the move to the west. I found the eagle about five minutes later in the middle of the road. The bird had no outward signs of wounds. I can only guess the bird made a pass at the geese and ended up in the power lines. I saw no other vehicles and no scattered feathers which would indicate a collision with a car. There were 5 or 6 other immature bald eagles in the fields about one half mile to the west of Willis along with at least one mature bird. I moved the bird to the side of the road because I couldn't bring myself to leave it to be trashed by traffic. Otherwise, not a very productive day but as always enjoyable.

Jim Allinder
allinder01 at comcast.net